Redirect.html keeps rejecting mod pages.

So i am really at my witts end with this one and so I think its time i ask for assistance,

I am attempting to do this media center mod to my PB install on my pi zero.

Here is what i have done:
-Downloaded, extracted, and moved the mediacenter folder to /www/.
-edited /www/index.html (main page) to reflect the new directory. IE: link to it.
by adding this line of code to /www/index.html

Language: HTML
<li><a href="/mnt/usbshare/share/mediacenter/">Media Center</a></li>

Then redirect.html sent me back to piratebox.lan

Next i tried pointing directly to /mediacenter/index.php

again redirect.html sent me back to piratebox.lan.

I attempted to clear my browser chache and also tried to create a static entry in /etc/host cause i read something about it in another part of the forum but neither of those things worked and redirect.html sent me back to piratebox.lan.

This happened to me before when i was trying to cofigure the calibre ebook server.

I also tried to rename the redirect.html file to something different but that created a 403 error.

I am dedicated to getting this mod working and could really use some helpful assitance from some of you pros on this one. i have been scratching my head on and off for months concerning this issue.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/19/2016 09:46AM by damavox.

you have some major misunderstanding how links in HTTP and webservers work, to be honest.

"/mnt/usbshare/share/mediacenter/" is pointing to a particular point on the filesystem
When you click on the browser, the browser tries to contact

Language: PHP
"http://piratebox.lan/mnt/usbshare/share/mediacenter/"

So, that is translated to the following path on the filesystem from your webserver

/opt/piratebox/www/mnt/usbshare/share/mediacenter/

So the solution would be to create a hardlink in you www folder to the mediacenter folder..

ln -s /mnt/usbshare/share/mediacenter /opt/piratebox/www/

Then the following link

Language: PHP
http://piratebox.lan/mediacenter/

Should work.

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If you have extracted everything to /opt/piratebox/www/mediacenter , you can omit the link and just use

Language: PHP
http://piratebox.lan/mediacenter/

Matthias

Thanks Matthias,
I realized where I went wrong after investigating how the other pages work.
Then your explanation solidified it for me .
Alot of it had to do with setting the correct permissions as well, for whatever reason when i tried to gain permissions with my original image it must have been corrupt or something, after re-burning the image gaining permissions were gained / set with ease.
Thanks again!